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And then Ramon Olivarra stepped forward and took both her hands before all the people. And while the cheering was breaking out afresh everywhere, Captain Cronin and Mr. Vincenti turned and walked back toward the shore where the gig was waiting for them. "There'll be another 'presidente proclamada' in the morning," said Mr. Vincenti, musingly.
Don't deceive your confessor, especially when the confessor has the power of reading your thoughts." La Cibot was dismayed by the man's perspicacity; now she knew why he had listened to her so intently. "Very good," continued he, "you can admit at once that the Presidente will not allow you to pass her in the race for the property. You will be watched and spied upon.
Can you suppose, my dear madame, that under the circumstances Mme. la Presidente will let M. Pons' property go out of the family without a word? Why, I would sooner face guns loaded with grape-shot than have such a woman for my enemy " "But they have quarreled," put in La Cibot. "What has that got to do with it?" asked Fraisier. "It is one reason the more for fearing her.
But the bailiff, smiling in his turn, seemed afraid to repeat it, and so his Majesty said: "I was told of her answer at the time, so I can let you know what it was. 'Your young King will turn out a despot. That is what Madame la Presidente said to her husband." The bailiff, somewhat confused, admitted that this was exactly the case.
On account of the church festival, plenty of subjects had been brought together. We did not understand what the secretario expected, and therefore took up our quarters at the town-house. We paid dearly for our misunderstanding. We waited long for supper, but none came. The presidente and the older men were at church. The secretario was nowhere to be found.
Persons arriving from a neighboring town or province in any pueblo of this province will immediately present themselves before the presidente of said pueblo with their passes. He will without charge, stamp them with his official seal." These are peculiar regulations for a province which is at peace, and as Major Taylor has truly remarked:
If you had only to do with President Camusot himself, it would be nothing; but he has a wife, mind you! and if you ever find yourself face to face with that wife, you will shake in your shoes as if you were on the first step of the scaffold, your hair will stand on end. The Presidente is so vindictive that she would spend ten years over setting a trap to kill you.
The secretario told the topil not to staunch nor wash the wound. With natural curiosity, the presidente and other men were clustered around the jail, looking in at the prisoners, when the segundo secretario ordered them from the door. This man is a strange one. He is a Cuicatec, who married a Chinatec wife. He is little, but important. He ever carries a queer old sword.
Rumors of his doings reached me. He was having a horrible time. On the night of his arrival he had been invited to dinner by the Presidente, a kind old primitive soul, but when he found that he was expected to sit at the table with the family, he had stamped off, indignant, saying that he didn't eat with no niggers.
I am sure you would not wish to break off the little darling's marriage." "I, cousin? On the contrary, I should like to find some one for her; but in my circle " "Oh, that is not at all likely," said the Presidente, cutting him short insolently. "Then you will stay, will you not? Cecile will keep you company while I dress. "Oh! I can dine somewhere else, cousin."
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